A wall of timber, often with loopholes for musket fire. Same as palisade.

An older term for a belt (worn diagonally from the right shoulder) that supports a sword scabbard. Banquette:

An older term for a belt (worn diagonally from the right shoulder) that supports a sword scabbard. Banquette:

A wooden or earthen platform inside a fortification, on which the cannon were placed in order to allow them to shoot over the rampart. Often, the same as a terreplein. Barrel:

An artillery projectile consisting of a metal bar with a solid half-sphere at each end. Often used as sea (as with chain-shot) to damage rigging. Basket:

An artillery projectile consisting of a metal bar with a solid half-sphere at each end. Often used as sea (as with chain-shot) to damage rigging. Basket:

A strongpoint in the curtain wall of a fortress, usually V-shaped, angled out beyond the main line of the walls of a fortress. From it, attackers along the curtain could be cross-fired upon. With a fi [..]

A body of foot soldiers, subdivided into companies ( but sometimes identical with 'regiment'). Also a designation indicating a soldier belongs to the main body of soldiers (hatt companies) r [..]

Pointed blade that can be readily affixed to the muzzle end of a bayonet, for use in defense or attack. In the first years of the Revolutionary War, this was an item that the Rebels did not usually ha [..]

A thick-walled defensive building constructed of masonry or logs, with loopholes for muskets. Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts has such a log blockhouse. Bomb or Shell: